Unabashedly we are fans of games with the Bioshock brand, and now we get the opportunity to play through the nightmarish worlds unleashed by 2K and Irrational Games over the years. Bioshock: The Collection includes the original game, Bioshock 2, Bioshock Infinite as well as all of the single player DLC in one package.
We are currently enjoying – for, at least the third time now – making our way through the underwater world of Rapture in Bioshock – the shooter cum RPG from 2007.
This remastered version looks a treat, we are playing on the Xbox One, and the water effects, dark horrific atmosphere and general ambiance stands up remarkable well for an over nine-year-old game.
This collection brings back the joy of a mature-themed game that is simply, interesting. And as part of this package (at least for the original game and Bioshock Infinite) we get some added benefit of insight and director’s commentary from Ken Levine.
Levine joins Bioshock Lead artist Shawn Robertson to help host Geoff Keighley dissect the way these beloved games came together in a series of vignettes under the moniker Imagining Bioshock.
{loadposition mike08}These short episodes of discussion are scattered around the game and must be found through the course or replaying the games. The Pause screen will now not only show you the number of little sisters on a map, but also if a small film can is hidden amongst the disintegrating ruins of Rapture where your player is.
Yes, there are some small issues with the re-mastering, some sound effects are not quite up to the standard of today’s releases, or slightly different to the original, and from time to time the earlier games suffer from poor texture load-in, but these are minor annoyances stacked up against the simple joy of experiencing the Bioshocks just one more time.
One is drawn to the lighthouse once again, would you kindly play Bioshock again? Yes thanks.
It’s been nine years since Irrational Games and 2K pulled you to terrifying depths in the underwater city of Rapture with BioShock, five years since your return to Rapture in BioShock 2, and three years since you skyhooked across the floating city of Columbia inBioShock Infinite. For the first time, fans of the BioShock franchise can experience all three award-winning adventures remastered for current-gen consoles and digital PC. The moment you’ve been waiting for is here - BioShock: The Collection will launch on September 15 in Australia and New Zealand.
Working with Blind Squirrel Games, 2K remastered BioShock and BioShock 2 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC and BioShockInfinite for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, making them look better than ever. BioShock: The Collection brings the three titles together, complete with all single-player DLC as well as a never-before-seen video series, “Director’s Commentary: Imagining BioShock,” which includes insights from Ken Levine.